Cigar-bundling machine



(No Model.)

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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1 NITFED STATES T. WILSON HAUS, or MEADVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-BUN DLING MACHINE.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,149, dated Novemberlfi, 1886.

7 Application filed March 19, 1886. Serial No. 195,571. (No model.) v

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- T. WILSON HAUs, of

Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Cigar-Bundling Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, refer.- ence being had to theannexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is avertical transverse section. Fig. 2 is a plan view with parts brokenaway to show the internal construction. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective'view of the cover of the with a side and'bottom follower,with a trestle for supporting and raising the bottom follower, a screwconnected with the side fol-. lower and passing through the side of thebox, and in movable triangular corner-blocks fill ing the corners of thespace occupied by the cigars; also, in an apertured cover provided witha slide for closing the aperture.

The box A has a cover, B, which is hinged thereto and provided with anoblong opening, a, near its center, and with a slide, b, for closing theopening a. To the box A is fitted a follower, G, s'wiveled to the end ofa screw, D, which passes through the side of the box A, and through anut, 0, attached thereto. The

, follower O is provided with a, hand-crank, E,

by which it may be turned.

In the bottom of the box is placed a trestle, I1, formed of two pairs ofoppositelyarranged levers, d d, pivoted on the rod 6, extending acrossthe box A. The longer arms of the levers d are pivotally connected withthe bottom of the box A, and the longer arms of the levers d arepivotally connected with the plate G, which is attached to and carried.by the follower G. The shorter arms of the levers d (1 project beyondthe pivotal rod e, and are rounded, as shown in Fig. 1, and upon therounded ends of these levers is supported the bottom or'lower follower,H. The edges of the follower H are bored to receive spiral springs f,which press against the side of the box and against the follower G andhold the follower H in an approximately central posi- -tion.

In the follower O is formed a dovetailed A box, near the hinged endthereof, are formed To the follower H is secured a lining, J, of

felt or other soft material, which extends over the corner-piecesI I anda short distance up the end of the boxfand up thefollower C, and

to the cover B is secured a felt lining, J, which extends over thetriangular corner-blocks I 1 and partly down the endof the box andfollower 0, and has an aperture corresponding with the opening a of thecover.

The ribbon or tape employed for tying the bundle of cigars is placedacross the follower H and along the follower O and the end of the box,and the cigars to be bundled are placed in the box within the ribbonupon the follower simultaneously with the forward movement of thefollower C. Thisoperation contracts the space occupied by the cigars, sothat they are pressed closely together in condition to tie -when theslide b is withdrawn, and the ribbon I the box A, follower G, fitted tothe box, follower H, the levers d d, jointed together and supporting thefollower H and arranged to be moved by the follower O, to which lever dis attached, and means, substantially as described, for moving forwardthe follower C.

2. In a cigar-bundler, the'combination of the box A, the follower O,fitted thereto, levers d d, jointed to each other andto the boxbot-'tom, and connected with the follower O, the follower H, thecorner-pieces I I I l, and means for operating the follower O,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the box A, follower O, fitted thereto, the screwD, adapted to move the follower, the levers d d, pivoted to theboxbottom and connected with the follower G, the follower H, supportedby thelevers, the springs f, guiding the follower H, the triangularcorner-pieces I I I I, the apertured cover B, and the slide b fittedthereto, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination of the box A, follower O, fitted thereto, the screwD, adapted to move the follower, the levers d d, pivoted to thebox-bottom andconnected with the follower O, the follower H, supportedby the levers, the springs f, guiding the follower H, the triangularcorner-pieces I I I I, the lining J J, and the apertured cover B andslide 7) fitted thereto, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination of the box A, provided with the groove 9 and therecesses j, the follower 0, fitted to the box and provided with thedovetailed groove 9, the screw D, arranged to inovethe follower, thelevers (Z d, pivoted to each other and to the boxbottom and pivotallyconnected with the folldwer O, the follower H, provided with the springsf, the triangular corner-pieces I I, provided with the dovetailedtongues h, the triangular cornerpiece I, having the trunnions 7c, thetriangular corner-piece I, provided with screws m, and the aperturedcover B, having the dovetailed grooves Z, and provided with the slide b,as described.

T. WILSON HAUS.

Witnesses:

ISAAC lVIONDERAN, H. H. THOMPSON.

